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Blended Reality article recently published in British Journal of Educational Technology

Recently the Blended Synchronous Learning team had an article relating to the ‘blended reality’ environment created in Case Study 7 published in the British Journal of Educational Technology. “Bower, M., Lee, M. J. W., & Dalgarno, B. (2017). Collaborative learning across physical and virtual worlds: Factors supporting and constraining learners in a blended reality environment. British Journal ofContinue reading “Blended Reality article recently published in British Journal of Educational Technology”

Blended Synchronous Learning Update

Hi everyone. I hope you had a good Christmas break and are gearing up for what promises to be another exciting year for learning and teaching innovation. A few items of news… The Blended Synchronous Learning Handbook recently won the 2014 Downes Prize. Stephen Downes writes: “This text was a runaway winner this year. It’s reflectiveContinue reading “Blended Synchronous Learning Update”

Invitation: Blended Synchronous Learning Webinar 6/12/13 – The Final Phase

As we are in the final phase of the Blended Synchronous Learning project we are holding one last important webinar for the year where we reflect on the outcomes of the project, call for leaders to help sustain the vibrant community that has been created, and consider how to best progress blended synchronous learning inContinue reading “Invitation: Blended Synchronous Learning Webinar 6/12/13 – The Final Phase”

Blendsync Australian Workshop Series

The Blendsync team is pleased to announce their Australian workshop series. The workshop schedule is tabulated below. Participants can attend face-to-face or online (of course:-). For further details and to register please see: https://blendsync.org/workshops Where When Venue Adelaide Friday 25th October 2013, 1:00pm-3:00pm University of South Australia, City West Campus Brisbane Friday 1st November 2013, 1:00pm-3:00pmContinue reading “Blendsync Australian Workshop Series”

Webinar 3 follow up

Many thanks to our presenters Valerie Irvine and Lucy Webster for their engaging presentations at the BlendSync webinar on Thursday – it was a most engaging and thought provocative session. You can find a recording of the webinar at http://connect.csu.edu.au/p6wu6ey0fhq/ (note that the first three minutes of the webinar were not recorded – apologies). Please let usContinue reading “Webinar 3 follow up”

Third Blended Synchronous Learning Webinar on Thursday 25th of July 12pm-1pm (AEST)

The Blended Synchronous Learning team would like to invite you to the third BlendSync Webinar. What: Blended Synchronous Learning – Experiences from the virtual fieldWhen: 12 noon to 1 pm on Thur 25 Jul (Australian Eastern Standard Time)Meeting URL: http://connect.csu.edu.au/blendsync/ (CSU Adobe link)First time Adobe Connect users: Please join us at 11.45 am to run an audio system check InContinue reading “Third Blended Synchronous Learning Webinar on Thursday 25th of July 12pm-1pm (AEST)”

BlendSync Webinar Wednesday 3rd April 2013 – Follow Up

Thank you to all of those who expressed interest in and participation in the Blended Synchronous Learning webinar last week – we greatly enjoyed discussing emergent themes with you. We are pleased to announce that both presenters have agreed to share their presentation, and the complete set of slides for the webinar is available from http://bit.ly/blendsyncw2slides.Continue reading “BlendSync Webinar Wednesday 3rd April 2013 – Follow Up”

BlendSync Webinar Wednesday 3rd April 2013

The Blended Synchronous Learning team would like to invite you to the second BlendSync Webinar. When: 3:30-4:30pm Wednesday 3 April (Australian Eastern Daylight Time – for a timezone converter click here)Meeting URL: provided upon registration In this webinar we will be hearing from a member of the BlendSync Collaborator Network about their blended synchronous learning practices, providing aContinue reading “BlendSync Webinar Wednesday 3rd April 2013”